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Leigh Harline

Composer / Songwriter | * 03/26/1907 († 62, 12/10/1969) | Salt Lake City, Utah (United States of America (USA))
Leigh Adrian Harline (March 26, 1907 – December 10, 1969) was an American film composer and songwriter. He was known for his "musical sophistication that was uniquely 'Harline-esque' by weaving rich tapestries of mood-setting underscores and penning memorable melodies for animated shorts and features." ()

Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harine was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Animation

Known for these Movies & Shows

Lonely toymaker Geppetto has his wishes answered when the Blue Fairy arrives to bring his wooden puppet Pinocchio to life. Before becoming a real boy, however, Pinocchio must prove he's worthy as he s ...

Pinocchio

G

1940 | 3.6/5 | 1h 28min
Animation, Kids & Family
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When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the vil ...

Avengers: Age of Ultron

PG-13

2015 | 3.6/5 | 2h 21min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of ...

Gamer

R

2009 | 2.9/5 | 1h 35min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest ...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

G

1937 | 3.6/5 | 1h 23min
Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Leigh Harline

Academy Award for Best Original Song Academy Award for Best Original Score Disney Legends Academy Award for Best Original Song 2x Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Original Score 2x Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score 2x Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
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Movies with Leigh Harline as Crew(148)

Sound/Music2001 Everybody Loves Mickey
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Strange Bedfellows
Sound/Music1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Guns of Diablo
Sound/Music1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 All Hands on Deck
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 The Honeymoon Machine
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 The Facts of Life
Sound/Conductor1960 The Facts of Life
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Visit to a Small Planet
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Say One for Me
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Warlock
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Man of the West
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 The True Story of Jesse James
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 The Enemy Below
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 No Down Payment
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 The Wayward Bus
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 23 Paces to Baker Street
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Girl Can't Help It
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Sound/Music1955 The Last Frontier
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 House of Bamboo
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Broken Lance
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Susan Slept Here
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Black Widow
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Vicki
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 The Desert Rats
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Pickup on South Street
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Taxi
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 A Blueprint for Murder
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Money from Home
Sound/Music1952 Monkey Business
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 Sailor Beware
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 The Las Vegas Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 My Pal Gus
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 I Want You
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 His Kind of Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 The Company She Keeps
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 That's My Boy
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 The Guy Who Came Back
Sound/Music1950 Perfect Strangers
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 My Friend Irma Goes West
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 The Woman on Pier 13
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 The Happy Years
Sound/Music1949 The Big Steal
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 It Happens Every Spring
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 They Live by Night
Sound/Original Music Composer1948 Every Girl Should Be Married
Sound/Original Music Composer1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Sound/Original Music Composer1948 The Miracle of the Bells
Sound/Music1948 The Boy with Green Hair
Sound/Music1948 The Velvet Touch
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 Beat the Band
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 The Judge Steps Out
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 The Farmer's Daughter
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Sound/Music1947 A Likely Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1946 Crack-Up
Sound/Original Music Composer1946 Child of Divorce
Sound/Original Music Composer1946 Nocturne
Sound/Original Music Composer1946 From This Day Forward
Sound/Original Music Composer1946 Till the End of Time
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 Leave It to Blondie
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 China Sky
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 Road to Utopia
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 Isle of the Dead
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 The Brighton Strangler
Sound/Music1945 Having Wonderful Crime
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 Man Alive
Sound/Music1945 What a Blonde
Sound/Songs1945 George White's Scandals
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 Johnny Angel
Sound/Original Music Composer1944 Tender Comrade
Sound/Original Music Composer1944 A Night of Adventure
Sound/Original Music Composer1944 Music in Manhattan
Sound/Original Music Composer1944 Heavenly Days
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 Footlight Glamour
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 They Came to Blow Up America
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 The More the Merrier
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 They Got Me Covered
Sound/Music Director1943 Johnny Come Lately
Sound/Music1943 Margin for Error
Sound/Music Director1943 The Sky's the Limit
Sound/Music1943 Government Girl
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 It's a Great Life
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 The Pride of the Yankees
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 The Sleepwalker
Sound/Music1942 You Were Never Lovelier
Sound/Music1942 Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Sound/Music1942 Bambi
Sound/Music1942 Rings on Her Fingers
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 The Lady Has Plans
Crew/Additional Music1942 Wings for the Eagle
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 On the Sunny Side
Sound/Music1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 A Good Time for a Dime
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 Baggage Buster
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 Golden Eggs
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 The Art of Self Defense
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 Lend a Paw
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 Blondie in Society
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Pinocchio
Sound/Songs1940 Pinocchio
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 So You Won't Talk?
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Pluto's Dream House
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Blondie on a Budget
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Blondie Plays Cupid
Sound/Original Music Composer1939 The Lady and the Mob
Sound/Original Music Composer1939 Blondie Meets the Boss
Sound/Original Music Composer1939 Blondie Takes a Vacation
Sound/Original Music Composer1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby
Sound/Original Music Composer1938 Farmyard Symphony
Sound/Original Music Composer1938 Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Sound/Original Music Composer1938 Boat Builders
Sound/Music1938 Boat Builders
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 The Old Mill
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 Woodland Café
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Elmer Elephant
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Mother Pluto
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Toby Tortoise Returns
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Mickey's Grand Opera
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 The Country Cousin
Sound/Music1936 Thru The Mirror
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 Music Land
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 The Cookie Carnival
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 On Ice
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 Water Babies
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 Mickey's Garden
Sound/Music1935 The Band Concert
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 The Goddess of Spring
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 The China Shop
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 The Grasshopper and the Ants
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Two-Gun Mickey
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Funny Little Bunnies
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Peculiar Penguins
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 The Wise Little Hen
Sound/Original Music Composer1933 The Night Before Christmas
Sound/Original Music Composer1933 The Pied Piper
Sound/Original Music Composer1933 Lullaby Land
Sound/Original Music Composer1933 Father Noah's Ark
Sound/Music1933 Mickey's Mechanical Man

Full Name: Leigh Adrian Harline
Born: Tuesday, 03/26 1907 (March) in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 12/10 1969 (December) in Long Beach (aged: 62)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Utah, Granite High School
Other names for Leigh Harline (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Leigh Adrian Harline"
Leigh Harline frequently works together with these people:
Walt Disney (52x, Crew)
Albert S. D'Agostino (34x, Crew)
Darrell Silvera (34x, Crew)
Wilfred Jackson (27x, Crew)
Lyle R. Wheeler (22x, Crew)
C. Bakaleinikoff (20x, Crew)
Ben Sharpsteen (18x, Crew)
Pinto Colvig (17x, Actor)
Art Babbitt (17x, Crew)
Clyde Geronimi (16x, Crew)
Louie Schmitt (16x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:81321, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024